Papua New Guinea vs Sweden: Forest area
Papua New Guinea
34.03 million hectares
in 2025
Sweden
27.93 million hectares
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
20th
Sweden rank
22nd
Forest area over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sweden
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 34.03 million hectares against 27.93 million hectares in Sweden, a difference of 6.09 million hectares.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 20th and Sweden ranks 22nd of 235 countries.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.